io6 THE FOWLER IN IRELAND. 



Shannon flows. The Rev. G. Robinson writes 

 that he has seen the old birds and the young in the 

 summer on the southern shore of Lough Neagh. 

 He says that it also nests on the neighbouring 

 Lough Beg. 



Mr. R. Evatt, of Mount Louise, co. Monaghan, 

 who for sixty years has delighted in studying the 

 natural history of his county and its birds, tells me 



THE TUFTED DUCK. 



that the Tufted Duck brings forth its ragged, sooty- 

 looking little brood every year on the lake in his 

 grounds. 



In Belfast Lough, Mr. Patterson writes that he 

 has seen fully a thousand together. On Lough 

 Corrib, Lough Derg, and Lough Ree, as well as on 

 most of the northern lakes, they may be found in 

 numbers during the winter, at all times, resting in 



